For one thing, you have a lot less time on the birds. Totally worth it though... Congrats Drew!
-- Ben Jackson - b...@innismir.net - www.innismir.net Sent from my Mobile Device Elan Portnoy wrote: Congratulations! I had three just a few months ago--changes everything. --- On Mon, 1/4/10, Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbren...@mindspring.com> wrote: > From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbren...@mindspring.com> > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 back into normal configuration > To: "Amsat-BB" <amsat-bb@amsat.org>, "AO51 Modes" <ao51-mo...@amsatorg> > Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 6:10 AM > AO-51 is back in to it's normal > configuration with the 145.920/435.300 > repeater at 570 mw and the 1268.700/435.150 9k6 PBBS and > Telemetry at > 450 mw. > > For the month of January we expect to leave the satellite > in this > configuration. Sometime next week we expect to use the > reversible magnet > to reorient the spacecraft to the normal polarity favoring > the northern > hemisphere. This is dependent of the timing of some > personal issues > including the impending birth of my son :-) . Towards the > end of the > month I expect we can run some L/U voice on the 435.150 > downlink between > telemetry collections, but that is not yet reflected on the > official > schedule. > > Please address all AO-51 inquiries to the Operations > Committee vi > ao51-mo...@amsat.org. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > AMSAT-NA VP Operations > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. > Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur > satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb